Lynn Westwater is Professor of Italian and Chair of Romance, German and Slavic Studies at The George Washington University, She received her BA from University of Pennsylvania and her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, and has lived extensively in Italy, including in Venice. She has published widely on early modern Italian women, and her work been supported by the Whiting Foundation and the Fulbright Foundation.Books with Meredith K. Ray, include several editions of Arcangela Tarabotti’s works, including Letters Familiar and Formal, Convent Paradise, and Tears for Regina Dona. She lives in Arlington, VA.